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Confidential.
No.C/R-19'i Political Agency,
Bahrain,
8th January, 1950.

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Dear Sir Ruport,
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In continuation of tho^corre3f>or}donce ending with
i • Agency Complimentary slip^ltfo.C/R-607 of 28th December, 1949,
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; I forward herewith co pies of the marginally noted lotters
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1. Agency letter No'.C, A- 457 of 28th December, i exchanged by
1949, to P.D.(Q) Ltd., Bahrain. I
i myself and
2. P.D.(Q) Ltd. letter No.QSA 2/6896 of 31st i
December, 1949, to the Political Agent. r i Lermitte. It
would appear from his letter thot the Company intend to pay
the first royalty at the end of this month.
2. I have nothing on record of your approval to the
paying of royalties "at more frequent intervals during the

year 1950"} and I should bo glad to hoar whether you did
4n fact sanction any such arrangement. The main point,
you will agree,as in tho case of the advance of four lakhs, '
i3 that any reference to these matters whatsoever bet.v/een
the Shaikh and the Company should be dealt with from either

side through us. x We should also I think (though it muy not
be entirely our business to do so) insist that Article 20 !
of the Concession bo observed, i.e., all tho sums due to
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the Shaikh will be paid by the Company into the Shaikh's ;
account_in tho Eastern Bank Limited In Bahrain, This would
give us more control than if the sums due were paid in cash
in Qatar.
Yours sinceroly,
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His Excellency
8ir Rupert Hay, K.C.I.E., C.S.I, •»
Political Resident, Persian Gulf,
Bahrain.